Mycetozoa

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Subphylum: Conosa
Infraphylum: Mycetozoa
Classes: Myxogastrea – Stelamoebea

Familia incertae sedis: Echinosteliopsidae

Name

Mycetozoa De Bary, 1859, emend.

Similar groups

Eumycetozoa Zopf, 1884, p.p.
Myxomycota Whittaker, 1969 (sensu Webster & Weber, 2007)
Myxobionta Edwards, 1976, p.p.

Alternative classifications

De Bary (1859)

De Bary, A. (1859). Die Mycetozoen. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der niedersten Organismen. Zeit. Wiss. Zool., 10: 88–175. [1].

Mycetozoa = Myxomycetes (Wallr. ex p.) = Myxogast[e]res (Fries)

Rostafinsky (1873)

Rostafinsky, J.T. 1873. Versuch eines Systems der Mycetozoen. F. Wolff, 21 p. [2].

Classis Mycetozoa

Cohors I. Exosporeae
Cohors II. Endosporeae

Zopf (1884 [1885])

Zopf, W. (1884 [1885]). Die Pilzthiere oder Schleimpilze. In: Schenk A, editor. Handbuch der Botanik (Encyklopaedie der Naturwissenschaften). Vol. 3, pt. 2, Breslau: Trewendt, pp. 1–174, [3].

Die Pilzthiere oder Schleimpilze - Mycetozoa (de Bary) - Myxomycetes Auct.

Die Monadinen - Monadineae
Eumycetozoen - Eumycetozoa
- Gruppe I. Sorophoreen
- Gruppe II. Endosporeen
- Gruppe III. Exosporeae

Berlese in Saccardo (1888)

Sylloge fungorum omnium hucusque cognitorum, [4].

Fungaceae

Fungi superiores
- Myxomyceteae Wallr. - Myxogastres Fries - Mycetozoa De Bary - Pilzthiere Zopf [vol. 7, p. 323]
  - Eumyxomyceteae - Myxomyceteae (genuinae) [p. 323-453]
  - Monadineae Cienk. [p. 453-467]

Lister (1894)

Lister, Arthur. 1894. A monograph of the Mycetozoa being a descriptive catalogue of the species in the Herbarium of the British Museum. London, Longmans & Co. [5]. [2nd ed., 1911, [6].]

Mycetozoa

Subclass Exosporeae
Subclass Endosporeae

Bessey (1950)

Morphology and taxonomy of fungi, [7].

Phylum Protozoa
- Class Sarcodina (= Rhizopoda)
  - Subclass Mycetozoa
    - Order Myxogastrales (= Myxomycetes, Myxogastres) true slime molds
    - Order Acrasiales
    - Order Plasmodiophorales
    - Order Labyrinthulales

Kudo (1954)

Protozoology, 4th ed., [8].

Phylum Protozoa Goldfuss
- Subphylum 1 Plasmodroma Doflein
  - Class 2 Sarcodina Hertwig and Lesser
    - Subclass 1 Rhizopoda Siebold
      - Order 2 Mycetozoa de Bary
        Suborder 1 Eumycetozoa Zopf
        Family 1 Physaridae
        Genus Badhamia Berkeley, Genus Fuligo Haller
        
        Family 2 Didymiidae
        Genus Didymium Schrader
        
        Family 3 Stemonitidae
        Genus Stemonitis Gleditsch
        
        Family 4 Amaurochaetidae
        Genus Amaurochaete Rostafinski
        
        Family 5 Cribrariidae
        Genus Cribraria Persoon
        
        Family 6 Liceidae
        Genus Orcadella Wingate
        
        Family 7 Tubulinidae
        Genus Tubulina Persoon
        
        Family 8 Reticulariidae
        Genus Reticularia Bulliard
        
        Family 9 Lycogalidae
        Genus Lycogala Micheli
        
        Family 10 Trichiidae
        Genus Trichia Haller
        
        Family 11 Arcyriidae
        Genus Arcyria Wiggers
        
        Family 12 Margaritidae
        Genus Margarita Lister
        
        Family 13 Ceratiomyxidae
        Genus Ceratiomyxa Schröter
        
        Suborder 2 Sorophora Lister
        Family 1 Guttuliniidae
        
        Family 2 Dictyosteliidae
        
        Phytomyxinea Poche
        Genus Plasmodiophora Woronin, Genus Sorosphaera Schröter, Genus Tetramyxa Goebel, Genus Octomyxa Couch, Leitner and Whiffen, Genus Sorodiscus Lagerheim and Winge, Genus Polymyxa Ledingham, Genus Membranosorus Ostenfeld and Petersen, Genus Spongospora Brunchorst, Genus Ligniera Maire and Tison

Copeland (1956)

Copeland, H. F. (1956). The Classification of Lower Organisms. Palo Alto: Pacific Books, [9].

Kingdom Protoctista Hogg, 1860
- Phylum 6. Protoplasta Haeckel, 1866
  - Class 2. Mycetozoa de Bary, 1859
    - Order 1. Enteridiea [Enteridieae] Rostafinski, 1873
    - Order 2. Exosporea (Rostafinski, 1873) Lankester, 1885
    - Order 3. Phytomyxida Calkins, 1926

Olive (1970)

Olive, L. S. (1970). The Mycetozoa: a revised classification. The Botanical Review 36: 59–89, [10].

Class Mycetozoa
- Subclass Protostelia
  - Order Protosteliida
- Subclass Dictyostelia
  - Order Dictyosteliida
- Subclass Acrasia
  - Order Acrasida
- Subclass Myxogastria
- Groups of uncertain affinity

Olive (1975)

Olive, L. (1975). The mycetozoans. Academic Press, New York, [11].

Kingdom Protista

Phylum Euprotista
Phylum Gymnomyxa
- Subphylum Mycetozoa
  - Class Eumycetozoa
    - Subclass Protostelia
    - Subclass Dictyostelia
    - Subclass Myxogastria
  - Class Acrasea
- Subphylum Plasmodiophorina
  - Class Plasmodiophorea
- Subphylum Labyrinthulina
  - Class Labyrinthulea

Cavalier-Smith (1993)

From Kingdom Protozoa and its 18 phyla, [12].

Empire Eukaryota

Superkingdom 2. Metakaryota
- Kingdom 1. Protozoa
  - Subkingdom 2. Dictyozoa Cavalier-Smith, 1991
    - Branch 2. Bikonta new branch
      - Infrakingdom 2. Neozoa Cavalier-Smith, 1983
        Parvkingdom 1. Ciliomyxa parvking. nov.
        Superphylum 1. Opalomyxa superphyl. nov.
        Phylum 2. Mycetozoa de Bary, 1873 stat. nov. Engler & Prantl, 1888
        Subphylum 1. Eumyxa nomen novum pro Plasmodiogymnomycotina Martin, Alexopoulos & Farr, 1983
        Class 1. Protostelea Olive & Stoianovitch, 1966
        
        Class 2. Myxogastrea Fries, 1829 stat. nov.
        Subclass 1. Gastromyxia nomen novum pro Myxogastromycetidae
        
        Subclass 2. Stemonitia Ross, 1973 orthog. emend.
        
        Subphylum 2. Dictyostelia Lister, 1909 stat. nov.
        Class 1. Dictyostelea Lister, 1909 stat. nov.

Dykstra & Keller, in Lee et al. (2000)

Dykstra, M.J. & Keller, H.W., 2000. Class Mycetozoa De Bary, 1859. In: Lee, J.J., Leedale, G.F. & Bradbury, P. An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa. Society of Protozoologists/Allen Press: Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A, 2nd ed., vol. 2, p. 952-981, [13]. See Brands, S.J. (1989-2015), [14].

In “protozoa”, “amoeboid protists”

Class Mycetozoa De Bary, 1859
- Subclass Protostelia Olive, 1970
  - Order Protosteliida Olive & Stoianovitch, 1966
    - Genus Ceratiomyxa Schröter, 1889
  - Order Dictyosteliida L. Olive, 1970
    - Family Acytosteliidae Raper, 1958
      - Genus Acytostelium
    - Family Dictyosteliidae Rostafinski, 1875
      - Genus Coenonia van Tieghem, 1884
      - Genus Dictyostelium Brefeld, 1869
      - Genus Polysphondylium Brefeld, 1884
- Subclass Guttulinia L. Olive, 1970
  - Order Guttulinida L. Olive, 1970
    - Family Acrasidae Poche, 1913
      - Genus Acrasis van Tieghem, 1880
      - Genus Pocheina Loeblich Jr. & Tappan, 1961
    - Family Guttulinopsidae L. Olive, 1970
      - Genus Guttulinopsis E.W. Olive, 1901
    - Family Fonticulidae Worley, Raper & Hohl, 1979
      - Genus Fonticula Worley et al., 1979
- Subclass Myxogastria Macbride, 1899
  - Order Liceida Jahn, 1928
    - Family Liceidae Rostafinski, 1873
      - Genus Licea Schrader, 1797
      - Genus Kelleromyxa (Dearness & Bisby) Eliasson, 1991
    - Family Listerellidae Jahn, 1928
      - Genus Listerella Jahn, 1928
    - Family Enteridiidae Farr, 1982
      - Genus Lindbladia Fries, 1849
      - Genus Cribraria Persoon, 1794
      - Genus Dictydium Schrader, 1797
      - Genus Lycogala Micheli, 1729 ex Adanson
      - Genus Enteridium Bulliard, 1791
      - Genus Dictydiaethalium Rostafinski, 1873
      - Genus Tubifera Gmelin, 1792[1791] [see Genus Tubulifera Jacq., 1778]
  - Order Echinosteliida Keller & Brooks, 1976
    - Family Echinosteliedae Rostafinski, 1873 [see Echinosteliidae Rostafinski, 1873]
      - Genus Echinostelium de Bary, 1873
    - Family Clastodermidae Alexopoulos & Brooks, 1971
      - Genus Barbeyella Meylan, 1914
      - Genus Clastoderma Blytt, 1880
  - Order Trichiida Macbride, 1922
    - Family Dianemidae Macbride, 1899
      - Genus Calomyxa Nieuwland, 1916
      - Genus Dianema Rex, 1891
    - Family Trichiidae Rostafinski, 1873
      - Genus Arcyriatella Hochgesand & Gottsberger, 1989
      - Genus Minakatella
      - Genus Prototrichia Rostafinski, 1876
      - Genus Cornuvia Rostafinski, 1873
      - Genus Oligonema Rostafinski, 1875
      - Genus Calonema Morgan, 1893
      - Genus Arcyodes O.F. Cook, 1902
      - Genus Arcyria Wiggers, 1780
      - Genus Perichaena Fries, 1817
      - Genus Metatrichia Ing, 1964
      - Genus Hemitrichia Rostafinski, 1873
      - Genus Trichia Haller, 1768
  - Order Stemonitida Macbride, 1922
    - Family Stemonitidae Rostafinski, 1873
      - Genus Brefeldia Rostafinski, 1873
      - Genus Amaurochaete Rostafinski, 1873
      - Genus Schenella Macbride, 1911
      - Genus Colloderma Lister, 1910
      - Genus Diacheopsis Meylan, 1930
      - Genus Enerthenema Bowman, 1830
      - Genus Macbrideola H.C. Gilbert, 1934
      - Genus Lamproderma Rostafinski, 1873
      - Genus Stemonitis Roth, 1787
      - Genus Comatricha Preuss, 1851
  - Order Physarida Macbride, 1922
    - Family Elaeomyxidae Hagelstein, 1982 ex Farr & Keller, 1982
      - Genus Elaeomyxa Hagelstein, 1942
    - Family Physaridae Rostafinski, 1873
      - Genus Protophysarum Blackwell & Alexopoulos, 1975
      - Genus Fuligo Haller, 1768
      - Genus Badhamiopsis Brooks & Keller, in Keller & Brooks, 1976
      - Genus Leocarpus Link, 1809
      - Genus Physarella Peck, 1882
      - Genus Willkommlangea Kuntze, 1891
      - Genus Craterium Trentepohl, 1797
      - Genus Erionema Penzig, 1898
      - Genus Badhamia Berkeley, 1853
      - Genus Physarum Persoon, 1794
    - Family Didymiidae Rostafinski, 1873
      - Genus Mucilago Micheli ex Battara, 1755
      - Genus Trabrooksia Keller, 1980
      - Genus Leptoderma Lister, 1913
      - Genus Physarina Höhn, 1909
      - Genus Diachea Fries, 1825
      - Genus Diderma Persoon, 1794
      - Genus Didymium Schrader, 1797
      - Genus Lepidoderma de Bary, 1873

Cavalier-Smith (2002)

Cavalier-Smith T., 2002. The phagotrophic origin of eukaryotes and phylogenetic classification of Protozoa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2002 Mar;52(Pt 2):297-354, DOI: 10.1099/00207713-52-2-297.

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Subphylum: Conosa
Infraphylum: Mycetozoa

Webster & Weber (2007)

Introduction to Fungi, 3rd ed.

Protozoa
- Myxomycota (slime moulds)
  - Acrasiomycetes (= Acrasea) (acrasid cellular slime moulds)
  - Dictyosteliomycetes (= Dictyostelia) (dictyostelid cellular slime moulds)
  - Protosteliomycetes (= Protostelea) (protostelid plasmodial slime moulds)
  - Myxomycetes (= Myxogastrea) (true (plasmodial) slime moulds)
- Plasmodiophoromycota

References

Baldauf, S.L.; Doolittle, W.F. 1997: Origin and evolution of the slime molds (Mycetozoa). PNAS, 94: 12007–12012. PDF
Fiore-Donno, A.M.; Nikolaev, S.I.; Nelson, M.; Pawlowski, J.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Baldauf, S.L. 2010: Deep Phylogeny and Evolution of Slime Moulds (Mycetozoa). Protist, 161: 55–70. DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2009.05.002
Kunttu, P., Varis, E. & Kunttu, S-M. 2015. Additions to the myxobiota of the Åland Islands. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4653. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4653. Reference page.

Links

Mycetozoa in Index Fungorum

Vernacular names

čeština: Hlenky; Slizovky
dansk: Slimdyr
Deutsch: Schleimpilze
English: slime moulds, slime molds
français: Mycétozoaires
svenska: Slemsvampar